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UK Supreme Court permission to appeal: filing, service, amendments; respondent participation, objections and cross-appeals (applications filed on or after 2 December 2024)

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This Practice Note offers direction on how to file, issue and serve an application for permission to appeal, as well as how to amend it. It also addresses the respondent’s subsequent steps, such as filing a notice of intention to participate, raising objections to applications, and pursuing cross-appeals. Read this Note alongside Practice Note: Supreme Court—permission to appeal—on or after 2 December 2024. For advice on non-compliance with the SCR and applicable deadlines, see Practice Note: Supreme Court—role, structure and powers—on or after 2 December 2024.

Appeals before 2 December 2024

This Note applies to Supreme Court appeals in which an application for permission to appeal, or a notice of appeal, was lodged on or after 2 December 2024, the commencement date of the SCR (SCR 1). The SCR 2009 (termed the ‘old SCR’ in this Note) are revoked from that date (SCR 62(2)). However, the old SCR still govern:

  • appeals already underway before 2 December 2024
  • applications for permission to appeal under rule 11 of the old SCR (filing of application for permission to appeal) submitted before 2 December 2024, and
  • notices of appeal under rule 19 of the...
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